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<blockquote data-quote="IcePickrg" data-source="post: 188295" data-attributes="member: 47745">channelnumber columnThis is the appropriate column for the job.With analog cable in NA, that column is filled with the channel number for the station.&nbsp; Another example is analog antenna signals in NA.&nbsp; In both of these cases, the provider is assigning the channel number, there is no user control. The name &quot;Channel Number&quot; is directly translated into NA channels.&nbsp; Channel Numbering using grouping is not too bad to deal with until you have 4-5 providers.&nbsp; Most providers don't step on each other with channel numbers, but they do cross boundaries.&nbsp; We could have overlapping channel numbers in different groups (providers).&nbsp; I don't think grouping was made with this in mind.It has always been a pain for NA to make dummy channels in order to get channel changing by number to work correctly using &quot;favorite&quot; channel numbering of EURO.I think grouping works great for grouping channels together, but the channel number should not affect grouping, or grouping affect channel numbers.I would go one step further with the code, and instead of looking at all channel numbers, it looks at channel numbers for the channels in the current group.&nbsp; Using All Channels group would give you access to all provders.And to look into the future, our digital signals in NA now have ‘–‘ in channel numbers (i.e. 9-2).&nbsp; That would be an interesting column in grouping <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="IcePickrg, post: 188295, member: 47745"] [b]channelnumber column[/b] This is the appropriate column for the job. With analog cable in NA, that column is filled with the channel number for the station. Another example is analog antenna signals in NA. In both of these cases, the provider is assigning the channel number, there is no user control. The name "Channel Number" is directly translated into NA channels. Channel Numbering using grouping is not too bad to deal with until you have 4-5 providers. Most providers don't step on each other with channel numbers, but they do cross boundaries. We could have overlapping channel numbers in different groups (providers). I don't think grouping was made with this in mind. It has always been a pain for NA to make dummy channels in order to get channel changing by number to work correctly using "favorite" channel numbering of EURO. I think grouping works great for grouping channels together, but the channel number should not affect grouping, or grouping affect channel numbers. I would go one step further with the code, and instead of looking at all channel numbers, it looks at channel numbers for the channels in the current group. Using All Channels group would give you access to all provders. And to look into the future, our digital signals in NA now have ‘–‘ in channel numbers (i.e. 9-2). That would be an interesting column in grouping :D [/QUOTE]

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